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To increase collections, you need accurate information at registration.
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Fair or not, patient access managers have historically had lower salaries than patient account managers. But this is something that just might be ripe for change even in today's down economy.
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When the Marshfield (WI) Clinic launched an ambitious biobanking project, organizers knew they'd need significant community buy-in.
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Helen McGough, MA, CIP, is retired from the office of research at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, and has worked as a faculty member of PRIM&R. McGough also has worked with the Collaborative IRB Training Initiative (CITI), and she served on an IRB for many years.
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Despite general agreement that medicine and medical research need to do more to meet the needs of pregnant women, there still are serious roadblocks that prevent wider enrollment of women during pregnancy.
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Research with adolescents who are at risk for suicide can create daunting ethical and practical challenges for investigators and IRBs.
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The Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) of Rockville, MD, recently added "OHRP Correspondence" to its Regulations and Policy Guidance portion of its Web site as part of an effort to improve transparency and provide some specific examples of how to interpret various guidelines.
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The Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) of Rockville, MD, announced in October, 2008, that Jerry A. Menikoff, MD, JD, is the new director.
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President Barack Obama's long-stated goal for universal health insurance could have a ripple effect on the human subjects research field, possibly removing an incentive for people to enter clinical trails. That is one of several possible changes on the horizon as a new administration takes the helm, experts tell IRB Advisor.
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A California hospital's efforts to improve the care of acutely ill patients who are in the emergency department or on medical-surgical floors rather than the intensive care unit has made it a 2008 recipient of the 12th annual Ernest Amory Codman Award, awarded by The Joint Commission.